• Source: 1957 in New Zealand

      • The following lists events that happened during 1957 in New Zealand.


      Population


      Estimated population as of 31 December: 2,262,800.
      Increase since 31 December 1956: 53,600 (2.43%).
      Males per 100 females: 101.1.


      Incumbents




      = Regal and viceregal

      =
      Head of State – Elizabeth II
      Governor-General – Lieutenant-General The Lord Norrie GCMG GCVO CB DSO MC followed by The Viscount Cobham GCMG TD.


      = Government

      =
      The 31st New Zealand Parliament continued. In power was the National government under Sidney Holland and later Keith Holyoake. The general election saw the Labour Party win by a narrow two-seat margin.

      Speaker of the House – Mathew Oram
      Prime Minister – Sidney Holland then Keith Holyoake then Walter Nash
      Deputy Prime Minister – Keith Holyoake then Jack Marshall then Jerry Skinner
      Minister of Finance – Jack Watts then Arnold Nordmeyer
      Minister of Foreign Affairs – Tom Macdonald then Walter Nash
      Chief Justice — Sir Harold Barrowclough


      = Parliamentary opposition

      =
      Leader of the Opposition – Walter Nash (Labour) until 12 December, then Keith Holyoake (National).


      = Main centre leaders

      =
      Mayor of Auckland – Thomas Ashby, then Keith Buttle
      Mayor of Hamilton – Roderick Braithwaite
      Mayor of Wellington – Frank Kitts
      Mayor of Christchurch – Robert M. Macfarlane
      Mayor of Dunedin – Leonard Morton Wright


      Events


      20 January: Scott Base, New Zealand's main presence in Antarctica, is established by Sir Edmund Hillary.
      24 May: the last Empire Day is commemorated.
      September: Former Member of Parliament and New Zealand ambassador to the United States Leslie Munro is appointed President of the United Nations General Assembly for its twelfth session, lasting until September 1958


      Arts and literature


      See 1957 in art, 1957 in literature


      = Music

      =
      See: 1957 in music


      = Radio

      =
      See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand


      = Film

      =
      See: Category:1957 film awards, 1957 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1957 films


      Sport




      = Athletics

      =
      Edwin Rye wins his second national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:44:56 in Napier.


      = Chess

      =
      The 64th National Chess Championship was held in Wellington. The title was shared by A. Feneridis of Wellington and J.R. Phillips of Auckland.


      = Horse racing

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      Harness racing


      New Zealand Trotting Cup – Lookaway
      Auckland Trotting Cup – Highland Air


      = Lawn bowls

      =
      The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Auckland.

      Men's singles champion – James Pirret (Tuakau Bowling Club)
      Men's pair champions – H. Franks, L. Franks (skip) (Balmoral Bowling Club)
      Men's fours champions – F.M. Murray, W.W. Wearne, A.N. Callaghan, Ron Buchan (skip) (Tui Park Bowling Club)


      = Rugby union

      =
      The All Blacks played two Test matches against Australia, retaining the Bledisloe Cup:
      25 May, Sydney Cricket Ground: New Zealand 25 – 11 Australia
      1 June, Exhibition Ground, Brisbane: New Zealand 22 – 9 Australia


      = Soccer

      =
      The national men's team was host to two visiting club sides:
      22 June, Wellington: NZ 1 – 1 Eastern Athletic
      24 June, Auckland: NZ 2 – 1 Eastern Athletic
      27 June, Auckland: NZ 1 – 7 FK Austria
      3 August, Wellington: NZ 1 – 7 FK Austria
      The Chatham Cup is won by Seatoun who beat Technical Old Boys 3–1 in the final.
      Provincial league champions:
      Auckland: Eastern Suburbs AFC
      Bay of Plenty: Rangers
      Buller: Millerton Thistle
      Canterbury: Western
      Hawke's Bay: Hastings Wanderers
      Manawatu: Ohakea
      Marlborough: Blenheim Rangers
      Nelson: Athletic
      Northland: Otangarei United
      Otago: King Edward Technical College OB
      Poverty Bay: Eastern Union
      South Canterbury: Northern Hearts
      Southland: Hotspurs
      Taranaki: City
      Waikato: Huntly Thistle
      Wairarapa: Masterton Athletic
      Wanganui: New Settlers
      Wellington: Seatoun AFC


      Births


      3 January – Dave Dobbyn, singer, songwriter
      28 February – Ian Smith, cricketer
      2 March – Stu Gillespie, cricketer
      19 April – Wayne Smith, rugby player and coach
      30 April – Tony Rogers, middle-distance runner
      30 May – Allison Roe, athlete
      20 June – Chester Borrows, politician (died 2023)
      24 June – Elizabeth Fuller, children's book illustrator
      26 June – Michael Laws, broadcaster, writer and politician
      27 July – Barbara Moore, long-distance runner
      28 July – David Shearer, humanitarian worker and politician, was Leader of the Opposition (2011–2013)
      11 August – Ruth Dyson, politician
      31 August (in Kenya) – Luke Hurley, singer/songwriter
      20 September – Michael Hurst, actor
      10 October – Rod Donald, environmentalist and politician, co-leader of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand (1995–2005) (died 2005)
      29 November – Glenys Quick, long-distance runner
      13 December – Buck Shelford, rugby player
      Richard Adams, violinist.
      George Bertrand, who became Georgina Beyer, transgender politician.
      Howard Broad, Commissioner of Police


      Deaths


      2 January: William Aitchison, politician.
      19 January: Thomas Brash, dairy industry leader and Presbyterian Church moderator.
      21 January: Maurice Brownlie, rugby union player.
      18 February: Walter James Bolton, last person executed in New Zealand.
      2 April: Catherine Stewart, politician.
      3 May: Daisy Osborn, artist.
      17 September: Anton Bernhardt Julius Lemmer, music school director and conductor.
      26 September: Thomas Ashby, serving mayor of Auckland.


      See also


      List of years in New Zealand
      Timeline of New Zealand history
      History of New Zealand
      Military history of New Zealand
      Timeline of the New Zealand environment
      Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
      For world events and topics in 1957 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1957


      References




      External links


      Media related to 1957 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons

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